[XML-SIG] Need an equivalent to Perl's XML::Parser "Tree" style

[Greg Stein]

Quite an easy answer, actually :-)

In the PyXML distro, take a look at xml.utils.qp_xml. If you have PyXML
0.5.5, then you're fine. Otherwise, the most recent copy can be fetched
from:

    http://www.lyra.org/greg/python/qp_xml.py

It constructs very lightweight Python objects for the elements. It also
does so quite quickly :-), although I've got even more speed improvements
on deck from Bjorn Pettersen.

Cheers,
-g

On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, John Posner wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> Back when I was a Perl hacker (more of a dabbler, really), I had good luck
> creating an object that represents an entire XML document, using this call:
> 
>   new XML::Parser(Style => Tree)
> 
> Here's a description, in Python terms, of the recursive data structure
> created by the above call:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> The E-NODE representing the root element is a 2-item list:
> 
> * item 0 = string containing name of element
> 
> * item 1 = another 2-item list:
>       * item 0 = a dictionary containing element's attributes
>       * item 1 = a list containing multiple 2-item lists:
> 
>           * one of these 2-item lists captures the element's character data:
>                * item 0 = string "0"
>                * item 1 = string containing element's character data
> 
>           * each other 2-item list is an E-NODE representing a subelement
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> QUESTION: what set of Python tools comes closest to creating a data
> structure similar to, or exactly like, the above?
> 
> Thanks!
> John
> 
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